# 褸

| 褸 | U+8938, &#35128; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8938 |
| ← 褷 [U+8937] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 褹 → [U+8939] |

## Translingual
### Han character

褸 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中中中女 (LLLV), four-corner 3524$_4$, composition ⿰衤婁)
* lapel, collar
* tattered, threadbare

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1123, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34530
* Dae Jaweon: page 1590, character 31
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3112, character 1
* Unihan data for U+8938

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 樓 | *ɡ·roː |
| 摟 | *roː, *ro |
| 耬 | *roː |
| 僂 | *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·roːs, *ɡ·roʔ |
| 婁 | *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro |
| 螻 | *roː |
| 髏 | *roː |
| 蔞 | *roː, *ro, *roʔ |
| 鞻 | *roː |
| 艛 | *ɡ·roː |
| 膢 | *roː, *ro |
| 廔 | *roː |
| 嘍 | *roː, *roːʔ |
| 瞜 | *roː, *ro |
| 簍 | *roː, *roːʔ, *roʔ |
| 慺 | *roː, *ro, *roʔ |
| 鷜 | *roː, *ro |
| 褸 | *roː, *roʔ |
| 遱 | *roː |
| 謱 | *roː, *roːʔ, *roʔ |
| 嶁 | *roːʔ, *roʔ |
| 甊 | *roːʔ |
| 塿 | *roːʔ |
| 漊 | *roːʔ, *roʔ |
| 鏤 | *roːs, *ro |
| 瘻 | *roːs, *ro |
| 擻 | *sloːʔ |
| 藪 | *sloːʔ |
| 籔 | *sloːʔ, *sroʔ |
| 氀 | *ro |
| 縷 | *roʔ |
| 屢 | *ros |
| 數 | *sroʔ, *sros, *sroːɡ |
| 屨 | *klos |
| 窶 | *ɡloʔ |
| 貗 | *ɡloʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *roː, *roʔ) : semantic 衣 (“clothes”) + phonetic 婁 (OC *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǚ (lü$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi$^5$ / lau$^5$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): li$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǚ
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: lü$^3$
*** Yale: lyǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leu
*** Palladius: люй (ljuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ly²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: leoi$^5$ / lau$^5$
*** Yale: léuih / láuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loey$^5$ / lau$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lêu$^5$ / leo$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɵy̯¹³/, /lɐu̯¹³/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: li$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /li³¹/
* Middle Chinese: luw, ljuX
Rime :
| Character | 褸 | 褸 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 落侯切 | 力主切 |
| Baxter | luw | ljuX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ləu/ | /lɨo$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ləu/ | /lio$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ləu/ | /lio$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ləw/ | /luə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /lu/ | /lio$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ləu/ | /lĭu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /lə̯u/ | /li̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lóu | lǚ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lau$^4$ | leoi$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*roː/, /*roʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 褸 | 褸 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 8470 | 8497 |
| Phonetic component | 婁 | 婁 |
| Rime group | 侯 | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 樓 | 縷 |
| Old Chinese | /*roː/ | /*roʔ/ |

#### Definitions

褸
* Used in 襤褸／褴褛 (lánlǚ).

##### Compounds

* 晨褸 / 晨褛
* 篳路襤褸 / 筚路褴褛 (bìlùlánlǚ)
* 衣衫藍褸 / 衣衫蓝褛 (yīshānlánlǚ)
* 衣衫襤褸 / 衣衫褴褛 (yīshānlánlǚ)
* 褸裂 / 褛裂
* 褸襤簞瓢 / 褛褴箪瓢
* 襤褸 / 褴褛 (lánlǚ)

### Etymology 2

* 褸 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 褸 (Cantonese)
From 摟／搂 (lau1, “to drape”).

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lau$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): leu$^{1*}$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): lau$^1$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): lao$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lau$^1$
*** Yale: lāu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: leo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐu̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: leu$^{1*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /leu³³⁻³³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: lau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /lau⁴⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: lao$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lau
*** Sinological IPA : /lau³³/

#### Definitions

褸
* (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) coat

#### Synonyms

* 外套 (wàitào)

#### Compounds

* 中褸 / 中褛
* 乾濕褸 / 干湿褛
* 大褸 / 大褛
* 太空褸 / 太空褛
* 校褸 / 校褛
* 棉褸 / 棉褛
* 毛巾褸 / 毛巾褛
* 皮褸 / 皮褛
* 短褸 / 短褛
* 絨褸 / 绒褛
* 著褸 / 著褛
* 褸席 / 褛席
* 褸裙 / 褛裙
* 雨褸 / 雨褛
* 雪褸 / 雪褛
* 風褸 / 风褛

### References

* “褸”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* rag
* collar, neck

#### Readings

* Go-on: る (ru)
* Kan-on: る (ru)、ろう (rō)
* Kun: ぼろ (boro, 褸)、つづる (tsuzuru)

#### Compounds

* 襤(らん)褸(る) (ranru)

## Korean
### Hanja

褸 • (ru>nu) (hangeul 루>누, revised ru>nu, McCune–Reischauer ru>nu, Yale lwu>nwu)
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